The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-13 00:00:00

~~_ ~..., THE CREDIT MO BILIER CO\IPANY OF LONDON (Limited Invite Tenders for the purchase of )lortcrage Bonds of £5O each to the extent of £20,000, charged upon leasehold property of 1 rge value, and bearing interest at ten per cent. per annum, payable half-year y, &n presenta tion of coupons (which are attached to the Bonds) at the Agra and Masterman's Bank. The prin3ipal of the Bonds redeemable in three years. Farms of application may be obtained at ihe Company's Offices, 54, Threadneedle-street, London (entrance, Hercules passage'. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. There will in this week be five opera nights, viz.. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and :...aturday. Extra Night. Mlle. Adelfni. Patti, Madame Didiee) M. Faure, Signor Graziani, and 6ignor MArio. THIS EVENING (Monday), June 13, will be performed Gottnod's Opera, FAUST E MARGHERITA. Mar,..herita, Mane. Adeline Yatti, being her second appearance in that cbiractr'r in Enolan:1; Siebe , Madame Didiee; Dlarta, Anese ; 314.,fisto'e e, M. Faure ; Vale tino, Signor Gr ziani; Wagner, zig, , nor Tagliafics; and Faust, Signor Mario. Concinctor, Mr. Costa Commence at had past Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre rta Is, 10s. ed., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre.:2s. 6d. boxer', stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-office under the portico of the theatre, which is open from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Howe and Miss L. Angel. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Weatheraby, ; Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. Followed by (for the tint time) LORD DUNDREAR.Y MARRIED AND DONE FOR. To conclude with AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. Mr. Wm. Farren and Miss M. Harris. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Mr. FECHTER will perform HAMLET THIS EVENING (MONDAY). Claudius, Mr. Emery; Poloniue. Mr. John. Brougham ; Ghost, Mr. G. J ordan J S Mr. Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden hefl ; Horatio, Mr. . G. liore ; First Gravedig g er,H. Widdicomb ; Osric, Mr. 1 , . Charles ; M essrs . W M'lntyre,. F. Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds, Wall bank, Collett ; Ophelia, Miss Kate T e rry Actress, .Itiss 31 Henrade ; and Gertrude, Miss Elaworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open at half-past 7, and Hamlet com mences at S. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS' THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING will be performed a new and original Drama, by R. Slous, Esq., entitled LIGHT AND SHADOW. Mr. D. Murray, D. Fisher, J. W. Ray, J. Nelson, (tc.; Miss tafford and ,ri.s 3 Caroline Carson. After which, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Louie and Fabien dei Franchi, Mr. Vining ; Chateau Renaud, Mr. Walter Lacy. tVIV THEalltE-It() YAL„-IDELPHI. , Sole Prcorloter and Manazer, M:. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE DEAD HEART: Robert Landry (his original character). Mr. Benjamin Webster, supported by Messrs. A. htirling, J. L. Toole, T. Stuart. eau! Bedford, B llington ; Miss Woolgar (Mrs. Allred Mellon), Miss Kelly, &c. To eoßclude with THE AREA BELLE: Messrs. 7. L. Too!e, P. Bedford, Romer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST, JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Comedy, by Dion Boucicault ,lisq., every Evening. Ile- engagement of those ee . ebrazed . fmc . l popular artistes, Mr. ant Mrs. Charles Mathews, Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charle; Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedtbrd, Mr. F. Robinson. Mr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss liurbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Miss Herbert. At a quarter before P, an entirely new and original COMe4y, in 5 acts, by Dion Boucicault, entitled THE FOX CHACE. Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash'ey, Mr. W. CharnPer laine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta Simms (her first appearance here). At 10, by particular desire, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with tkHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke; Miss Fanny Josephs. Commence at 7. Commence at 7. THE ASCOT, RACE GLASSES (the best), at CALLAGHAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street, W., corner of CLnduit-street. N.B.—zole agent to Voigtlander, Vienna. JAY'S, The London General Mourning Warehouse, 217, 219, and 251, Regent-street. June 1, 186 k. NTOVEL STYLE in FRENCH BONNETS. French fashion has produced Bonnets for this month of a light go earner texture. which arc ,mmodate t he present style of wearing ani displaylug t he lady's ti ir. They are of the most exquisite variety, and, though still adhering to the favourite colours of black, white, and neutral, are entirely remodelled In shape, size, and substance. Spe laity imported from Paris for J AY 'S, The London General mourning Warehouse, 247, 449, and 251, Regent-street. COALS. —The LILLI cod Direct from thei] SHALL COMPANY'S IL .r own Collieries. Marquis'. ..... .245. per ton. Double.. 2os. per ton. Top 235. „ Nuts. . .. Deep ...215. „ Well screened and delivered within five tulles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, NV.. and 17, South Wharf Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Arent. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,' R. Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, an be had Every Evening of G. a. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ilyda-park. The Weather—Sun Office, June 13, 1864. UERMOMETER, This day at Two O'clock Barometer -29.77. WIND — N.B. ; moderate breeze, and cloudy. HIGa WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. ring DAL —Morning,' 7h. 52 m. —Afternoon, Bh. 22m. ro-KOBROW.-Morning, Bh. 53m.—Afternoon, 9d. 28m. .7.4, _ ". , „iv:" e , t t ~,,,, ..., , _ ~; s lut . LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1864. For once, tha Civil List Pensions for the year are in the highest degree satisfactory That the fact should be so, is to us, we will confess it, a very agree able surprise. We have so often had occasion to reprehend in these columns the absurdity marking the distribution of the annual addition to the Civil List of £1,200 in the sh:pe of fresh Pensions ! Here, however, for once, we have no objection Vaa ever to raise. The names of the recipeo te have been exceedingly well selected--just the very names, to our thinking, that ought to have been selected. The little annual catalogue is—even with Lord PAL■ MERSTON still Prime Minister of England —not made ridieulous by including the name of another "Poet CLosk." One or two of the names, here, are entirely new to us, we wilt acknowledge it. But —with each of these unknown names (unknown, that is to say, to ourselves) a good reason enough i s given for the award it is coupled " Mrs. AUSTIN £ 6 O, in consideration of the cervices of Ler late hu6bund, civil en ;infer, slho died whilst engaged in the public service, and with. A 3-1 lib() Lad devoted himself to the sanitary improve- " Mrs. merit of poor dw e l l ings." Or, again, as LEAF £5O, a 3 the widow of Mr. .1. LEAF, Who, though of humble origin, W. 39 a contributor of articles of great merit to various journals." Nay, there i 3 yet another name on the list that we would particularise in like manner—to wit, "Rev. C. B. GIBSON 1100, as author of many literary works and to Zhehigh testimony borne as to their value." Here, rgain, however, it is Wt's who may be at fault : and for that matter the whole of the rest of the list is so thoroughly good that we have not a mo ment's doubt of it teat the selection last men- ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, THE SILENT SYSTEM - . Followed by THE MAID OF HONOUR. Miss Ada wanborough. After which, MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, James, Fenton, Turner, sic. ; Misses Marie Wilton, Simpson, dm To conclude with TIMOTHY TO THE RESCUE. Mr. .r. Thorne,. - 13 ARTS BONNETS for JUNE.—Measrs. JAY'S Manager has h a day returned from I'aris with an assortment of the moat elegant and fashionah!e Summer Bonnets, selected from the magasins of the first houses in that city. _ . tioned is in a very signal manner judicious. Of course the largest recipient of a pension on this list, the one leading it off, in fact, is, as usual, the widow of a military officer. And although it does still appear to us rather an incongruity to find the name of a military officer's widow entered upon the Civil List, instead of the moneys so awarded being restricted exclusively to civilians, or the:relicts or bereaved relations of civilians—the case here for once is so entirely exceptional that any objec tion of ours upon that score is upon the instant hushed. " Lady INGLis " so runs the entry, here " c5OO as an acknowledgment of the brilliant ser vices of the late Sir J. INGLIS, during the Indian mutiny, especially the gallant defence of the resi dence at Lucknow—services to which w which may partly be attributed his early death." v an award such as that Not one so u l w i t hi n the Three Kingdoms. Then, as to the rest of th e names—the Names now entered, for the fi rs t t i me, upon the Civil List in 1864 —everyone o f t h em will be recognised as hav ingi begrudge been admirably well chosen ! First and fore most on this goodly list there is the famous popular Poetess —par ezcellance, and in a very especial man. ner, the " Poetess of the People"—ELlzA COOK. It is significant of the character of her reputation that even in the Civil List the entry runs simply thus—ELIZA COOK, not as afterwards with the authoress of " John Halifax," Miss DINAH MULOCII, not as intermediately with the widow of the dramatist of " The Love Chase," Mrs. SHERIDAN KNOWLES. But, with ELIZA. CoOK, it is otherwiee— a sense of the fitness of things constraining even the matter-of •fact officials at the Treasury to enter in its simple integrity, without any common-place prefix whatever, the name of the poetess of "The Old Arm Chair," and of so many other exquisite Songs, Ballads, Lyrics, and what not, a name beloved daring so many years past, far and wide, among our Eag ish city homes and country homesteads. Oar satisfaction with the entry, here, is marred alone by the words that close it: " ELIZA. COOK £lOO, in consideration of her literary labours, both in poetry and prose, and her failing health." Otherwise than for those closing words of the entry, words that will be a pang to the unnumbered admirers of the People's Poetess, this announcement is surely in one word simply delightful. That the widow of SHERI DAN KNOWLES, and that Miss DINAH MULOCH, the novelist, have received each a pension, has already ben here but just now intimated—the award to the latter of the twu being £6O per annum, to the former £lOO. Another pension of £6O a year has been awarded to a charming Irish poet, Mr. WILLIAM ALLINGHAM : and a pittance of £3O per annum is set apart, at the fag-end of the list, towards the maintenance of a sister of poor HUGE' MILLER. Excellent though the present year's addition to the Civil List is, it is still so far unsatisfactory that the sure annually placed at the disposal of the Prime Minister seems to us, as we have so often before protested, wholely inadequate for the re quirements pressing upon that high official in the yearly distribution of these pensions. Who could not add to the list the name of some well known intellectual labourer, whose honourabl e career, whose signal good services in the interests of his fellowmen, are alike passed by, year after year, sub silentio. One there is to our own certain knowledge whose name should be there upon that catalogue of men whom the country delights thus to honour with this substantial attestation of its sympathy and of its cordial recognition of noble services done to the corn- I munity at large. The instance, here, is that of a mail of distinguished ability, of the most sterling in tegrity, consistently devoted to the furtherance of the popular cause, one who has not simply grown grey in the service of the people at large, but who has exhausted all his energies in forwarding those interests to the neglect of his own, and who now, from the collapse of his individual fortunes, can at least look back to the devotion of a life to principles, his advancement of which seems to be entirely forgotten by all but his personal intimates, is most certainly altogether overlooked by those who are in power. Yet in the particular case we are here alluding to—the name of this champion of popular interests was constantly before the public for thirty years, and, beyond that, was directly and conspicuously associated with those who in 1832, carried the Reform Bill, and who, in 1846, secured the triumph of the Free Trade prin ciples Soma nations seem to go out of favour all at once, first one thing occurs mal apropos and then another, until its prestige is almost gone, and it can boast of ~ only very barren laurels, Prussia is now emulat ing this very desirable position, and all the accounts that reach us concerning that nation seem but to confirm the prejudices already entertained against her, and to ratify the suspicions that have been from time to time engendered as to her good faith or good intentions. By this time the civilised world can share but one opinion as to the down right barbarity and extreme injustice of the Berlin policy in Danmark. The details that bring us the minute particulars only confirm the ideas that have been entertained from the frequent outlines rai hasty communication, as if this disgraceful under. taking against the rights of a free Starr.", and these unworthy attacks on the interests of a brave people, were not sufficient of themselves to overwhelm the nation in shame and reproach. There are other rumours afloat as to the evil purposrds and cruel in terference of the Prussians in of shores of th e Baltic, per directi ons th an the c• Taea state of Pr uss i an - Pola n d is very disast rous, and the latest accaunts relate most distressir g events as occurr i ng i n t h at locality. The iplrest; are very num erous , an d so frequent, in , ", ced , that it seems more difficult to find out wh'.4 is seized th an to discover who is not It v",ould seem es if the P russ i ans were resolved to f outdo the Russians in the e xcess of tyranny, and the extreme of arbitrary r r d e • The newly made comm i ssar ies of police are m oat active in their department. T heir zeal outruns exertions, P l enty to d o i n t h e i r and contrive to get hard and harsh their judgments, and with an active ambition, worthy of a better cause, they contrive to d ea l terror in th e l an d that i s un f or tunate enough to come under th e i r j ur i s di ct i on . Th e manner ie which th e business is carried on is perfectly disgusting, and , xcites the inaignation and irritation of hones minds. The description of their acts i, a sort of revival of the worst features of that exterminating spirit and reckless procedure which have darkened the annals of history. The middle ages can really produce nothing to outdo the atrocity of those cruel acts, and the mine cessary violence displayed by the functionaries who oppress and decimate the ranks of a brave and unr fortunate people. The rules and regulations are so ingeniously laid down and adroitly inserted that it is quite impossible to outwit them, and, indeed, it is tov compass yevident that th e one end, aim, and object is the vi c ti ms i n t h e snares and entrap them to the pitfalls so insidiously prepared for them. The laws of Prussia are set at nought in order that the deadly and destructive work may be done. No one of any thought or consideration can see any difference in ordering a person to be killed outright and imposing tasks upon him that hie strength can not perform, and for which his previous sufferings h a ve rendered him unfit. To condemn those who have been wounded to the labours of con , , , icts is simply brutal, and those who give the order and in• sist on its being carried out may parade themselves in their grandeur and boast of their achievements, bat they are not worthy of the name of men. There is something so utterly repulsive to the English character in such a system, and, indeed, so repug nant to the feelings of all refined States, that one is mute with astonishment to hear of the barbarisms daily inflicted by a nation that bossts of its advance in intelligence and march in progress. The poet has emphatically declared that he counts the grey barbarian younger than the Christian child, and, according to this calculation, tyrants are infants in the community of civilisation, if not un worthy to be ranked as among them at all. The refinement of torture is the last device of the savage and the delight of the barbarian, but never should it find a place in the category of the qualities that influence and actuate an ad vanced and enlightened nation. To order a suspected character to be shot might be called unwarrantable, but to condemn him to a protracted death under the semblance of the law is a base act, and whether suggested by the proudest or sanctioned by the highest in the realm, is alike a crime and an outrage in the sight of GOD and man. No excuse can palliate such a system, and its very mention must exercise a deleterious effect on the minds of our quasi supporters and adherents. Oce unfortunate youth suf f ered so greatly that he is now in a dangerous state in an hospital. The course pursued in all these cases is diametrically opposed to the fundamental principlea of justice, and indeed not in conformity with the law ot Prus sia, which only allows of such severe punishments being inflicted after a regular trial has taken place and a verdict been obtained. More than a thousand Poles are imprisoned under the Prussian Govern ment. This of itself speaks volumes as to the policy that obtains at Berlin, and forcibly declares to the world what are the tenets and observances held sacred by such statesmen, who can presume to vouch for the upright intentions and kind feelings of a set of men who can tolerate for a moment the perpetration of such atrocities as are inflicted on unoffending men, and even occasionally deserving individuals, One class of the bands arraigned be fore this tribunal is given up to the Russians to ill treat as they please, and very likely to torture to death in the end. No nation has a right to do such dastardly things, and unstable will be the prospe rity that springs from their commission. It is not thus that great nations attain their power, or a gallant people wins its preeminence. True bravery cannot exist with cruelty. The knights of old were not more famous for their skill against the foe than for their zeal to aid the oppressed, and their gool will in rendering assistance to those in trouble. :lad any of these chivalrous heroes, without fear and without reproach, been called upon to perform the part of the Prussian officers in Posen, they would have replied in the words used by a French noble- man, when commanded to join in some unworthy undertaking, " Among the portraits of my ancestors I see soldiers, but not assassins." It is truly de plorable to dwell upon these harrowing details, and not only must the reader lament the physical suf ferings of one side, but he must also mourn over the moral decadence of the other. Cruelty is the worst vice that can degrade human nature; it is the crime most inimical to the laws of Christian charity, and the inculcations of Divine commands. It is degrading to the disposition of all who prac the it, and the most insuperable barrier against elevation of mind and excellence of heart. It speaks ill for the present generation that so many accounts should be constantly met with that bring before us the horrid and fearful pictures of wanton cruelty and reckless tyranny. Many will deplore the sad casualties of the unhappy Poles, but rho greatest losers in the end will be the races who oppress an( injure them. Such a systematic course or -- - selfishness and barbarity will retard tht progress of civilisation. It is a poor =- ambition that wilt rest satisfied with the commission of acts that appertain to long past days of darkness, and belong to obsolete times of misrule. It is a suicidal course to pursue, and a fatal policy to adopt, both as regards home and abr-jad, and a people abrogates its privilege and forfeits its posi tion, when it takes this retroSrade course, instead of standing forth as the teacon of progress and the herald of mercy ar.d. of peace. It is sinTeiar to notice how the inconsistency so comnlvan in individuals may be often traced in the direction of public affairs. As we see men in private life often throwing away favourable openings to pursue some object which they are very unlikely to reach, or which when reached may be very un profitable, so we may often observe some grand Government scheme or national undertaking carrie, out in simple d e fi ance o f the experience of :assibilities o f t h e t h e pa s t , and with a t o t a l di sregar d of the e, future. The perv ers ity or s /- aortsightedn ess which forbids us to r ecogn i se ',: ne a d vantages really within our grasp, while i ce exhaust ourselves in fruitless pursuit of tb 'ese that are unattai na bl e, i s very often foreibl; exemplified in the administration of our nraval affairs. Unfortunately, too, it does not con- fine itself to mismanaging our ships and our sailors. but extends to the semi-amphibious establishments of harbours, ports, and naval stations. It would seem almost incredible to a stranger that we are in actual possession of a harbour of such magnificent natural resources, that the largest and heaviest vessel can enter or quit it at any state of the tide, while whole fleets may ride in safety within its basin, and several miles of anchorage up the river increase its capabilities to an extent equalled by very few harbours, natural or artificial; and that we have treated it with such neglect that its present state is said to be absolutely dangerous. Yet this is by no means an exaggerated description of the condition of affairs at Cork. The harbour is admitted by all who have the slightest acquaintance with the subject to possess magnificent nature; advantages, but although the question of our dock accommodation is so serious and so pressing, and although the merits of the fact are fully recognised, from year to year the proposed improvements art delayed and delayed until we are told on goon authority that in this splendid harbour not tbt smallest ship can be repaired, nor is there accommo• dation sufficient to allow of any 'njury to machinery, &e., being remedied. A very striking instance of the spendthrift results of the " penny wise any Pound foolish" system i s afforded in the case of the Sidon. Thi s vesse l was to proceed to the Cape with 800 troop s who were urgently needed there, and was comin g to Cork to embark them, when, having met with some injury to her machinery near the mouth of the harbour, she was compelled to retard to Plymouth, the nearest harbour, to be repaired, and thereby a l oss of four weeks was occasioned, besides other inconveniences. Ye are not Surprised that Mr. MAGUIRE, who was the principal spokes man of the large and influential deputation who waited on Lord PALMERsToN a few days since, this very subject, should have mentioned the case of the Sidon more particularly. The Prime Minister might learn fro m th at one instance how often large schemes may be frustrated and principles of foreign policy disarranged by the lack of so necessary an assistance as a Har e. Mr. MAGUIRE als o bour of Refug reminded the noble lord that sixteen or eighteen years e go the SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, 1864. Government of the day, of which Earl RUSSELL was head and Lord PALMERSTON a prominent member, distinctly promised that the required im• provements should be carried out in Cork Harbour. The ardent partisans of this extension ought, per haps, to feel grateful if they succeed in inducing the fulfilment of an (Anal promise within twenty years of its being made, but the veteran Premier readily acknowledged the claims of the deputation upon him. He said that he had himself been so strongly impressed with the advantages of the har bour that he had intended, when Sir CHARLES WOOD was at the Admiralty, to have taken steps in the unexplained re ason th e execution soma laudable intenti on was postpone d , mat te of this th Far u r and year after year has gone by, with all these advantages which Natur e has dealt out with so liberal a hand to Cork thrown to the winds, while we are lavishing hundreds of thousands in vain attempts to rival them in places which can scarcely be put in comparison. We are in great want, Lord PALMERSTON admits, of dock accom modation, and where on the western coast can we find a better or more advantageous spot than a harbour of water is so great that a van? size, armame n t, or whosee vessel of depth tonnage, may enter it at any moment, and may quit it at any tide to find herself safely launched on the broad bosom of the Atlantic ? It is no wonder that the si3ter kingdom should feel some irritation at seeing the capacities of so noble a port completely undeveloped ; but the feelings of jealousy and mistrust which once prevailed between the two nations are not now sufficiently forcible to serve as a valid excuse for inaction. For purposes of military defence it is well adapted, while the railway and the telegraph answer every objection founded on the assumption of foreign war. The Commissioners on Fortifications who reported three years ago, declared that Cork Hqrbour was possessed of great capabilities as a naval port, and would occupy 411 important naval strategical posi tion for the defence or our western coast in time of war. They further say, " Cork harbour offers strong natural features for defence against an attack by sea, and the naval establishments at Haulbowline, which, though limited, afford ample means of refitting, coaling, and provisioning the ships of the fleet, are so situated as to be secure fran bombardment by sea until the enemy has actual pos -1 session of the anchorage. A nation that deals so largely in ironclads, and is so anxious to watch the rival merits of its field-pieces, should not forget this re commendation. Altogether the case does not admit of an answer or an evasion, and Lord PALMERSTON, with his usual happy tack, readily promised to do alt that was necessary at some future period, and meanwhile ho advised those well informed on the matter to present themselves before the Parliamen " tary committee no w s itting on dockyards. we trust the matter will no t b e a ga i n altow. e d to d rop out of sight, since the establishir.ent of a regular naval station and dockyard between Milford Haven and Plymouth would be of immense advantage to the shipping on our western coast, and surely no better or more appropriate spot could be found than that which nature Las herself specially fitted for the purpose, ADELPIII THEATRE, Miss Bateman terminated her engagement at the Adelphi, on Saturday, with all that enthusiasm which she has maintained in London for upwards of eight months. Called before the curtain at the conclusion of " Leah," and led forward by Mr. Ben jamin Webster, she was greeted with a shower of bouquets so profuse that she did not know what to do with her floral treasures, and could only carry them from the stage with the assistance of the courteous manager. Althoug;a Adelphi season still continues, and is likel — to continue for months to come, the tem por,ry retirement of the young American ac t ress, who so suddenly and so permaEently became an idol of the public, furnished an occasion fitted for a speech, and the following, short, bat much to the purpose, was accordingly delivered by Mr. Web ster, when the fair Western star had set bviliod the curtain "Ladies and Gentlemen)—l am very proud to witness the ovation y ou. biore just paid to this and I think I ma y v e ntur e t o talented young 15 , : 37, sly justly Laid to her. To produce a suzeessful piece a pleasing event in any manager's career, these boards have witnessed many extra ordinary successes, but to produce a - great artist is a rare event in tiny theatre, for they are like angels' visits, few and far between, especially one so gifted mentally and physically as Miss Bateman. During 211 nights Miss Bateme n has in the one character of Leah excited the interest of the public, and their judgment is seldom in tue wrong. She has proved chat genuine talctit, genuine art, will ever have its attraction s even with the highest in the realm. I a" . ../ happy to inform you that Miss Bateman will reappear here on the 2d of J anuary next , t o a chieve, I trust, in other characters fresh triumphs, and until then she most gratefully, cordially, and re spectfully bids you farewell." The latter part of the speech was received with acclamations, Possibly, many of the feared•that the the a t r i ca l f avourite of the l as t eight months had taken l eave o f them for ever . At ell eNents, the official predicti on th at s h e would reap pear after Christi:L.l4s, and perform new parts, was received with tumuL uous acclamation. audi floe PRESENTATION To CAPTAIN JAY,,—Captain Jay and the members of his troop or Horse Artiller y , had the h onour o f entertaining at a banquet at the Armoury House, on the 10th ult., the Lieutenant Colonel of the H.A.C., Lord Colville, and a distinguished party, among whom were the Earl of Mount Charles, the Marquis of Ormonde, Admiral Stanley, Colonels Douglas and Palmer, and other distinguished military personages. Seventy gentlemen sat d own to a most su mptuous dinner. The distinction which thi s troop h as o btained was made the subject of wa rm eu l ogy i n a very a ble speech on military matters, delivered d ur i ng th e e vening by Lord Mount as a m th a is rk e o u f p th is eirre Charles, and which his lordship remarked N . V w a ch s I. c m il j a b l y n a, l r y aw d thh u oe e to the judicious command and discipline which had been o th b e se m rv e e m d b u e n rs de o r f C th a e pt t a r i o n op Ja p y re . senlntedth,e course of the evening artillerygar followingd to tahtetiinar attached e he a re p idp t att inscription:—" h: a eii massive oin,o. : s r i a l tpi v it e lae r bowl,Captain W, w raised and held the first commission in the troop of horse pre sented by the gentlemen under his command, in token of their personal regard, and in acknowledgment of his great exertions on behalf of the troop. Sth June, 1864." THE CHANNEL SQUADRON. — Plyrnouth, Monday, ,10 a.m.—Wind, southerly ; squ all y . Fires were lighted in the furnaces of the Channel Squadron at 7 o'clock this morning. The screw steamship Prince Contort, 35, Captain Geo rge 0 Willes, C. 8., hove short at 9 , and at B. Wainwright, second in command, follow e d. Th e fl a g half-past left th e S oun d b y the Western Channel. The Black Prince, 41, C apta i n J. ship Edgar, 71, Captain G. P. Hornby, is now clearing the western end of the Break water, and all is ready for the immediate departure of the Warrior, 40, Captain Hon. Arthur A. Cochrane, C. 8., and the Defence, 16, Captain Augu,tus Philimore. • A lloluiniLE RUMOUR.—The almost incredible statement is made, says the London Review, that no fewer than 40,000 Irishwomen ara at this moment wandering outcasts in New York alone, the mothers, sisters, and daughters of men who have been plied with drink End carried off to fill up the broken ranks of the Federal army, REMINISCENCES OF THE OPERA. By Benjamin Lnmley,2oyeers Director of Her Aliijesty's Theatre. —Messrs. Hurst Etaid Blackett have just issued Mr Lumley's long-expected '`Reminiscences" in one handsome volume. It will be eagerly perused in all literary, musical, and fashionable circles. The work compri c s a es ta in a n n u i, m i‘ e i r a a i b ib le ra i nn - , teres'ang anecdotes an d reco ll e ctions in reference to alm os t the principaNlymusicalaurtnisd r artistes r ta, dcomposers of ou r ti me, among whom ill be found Grisi, Sontag, Jenny Lind, Alboui, Cruvelli, Persiani, Tietjens, Branibilla, Castellan, Catherine Hayes, Wag ner, Piccolcwini, and Rachel; Taglioni, Fanny Ellaler, Cerito, Dumilatre, Lucile, Grahn, Rosati, &c.; Rubini Mario, Fraschini, Gardoni, Mariani, Calzolari, Lablache,Tamburini, Ronconi, Fornasari, Coletti, Menotti, and Staudigl ; Rossini, Mendelssohn,l 4 leyerbeer, Donizetti, Verdi, Haley, Benedict, Balfe, &c, LATEST INTELLIGENCE [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, JUNE 12, 11 20 p.m. A number of notables of Copenhagen have pro posed the following address to the King:-- " An intimate coestitational union of Schleswig with the kingdom is the essential condition for the independence of Denmark, and the development of her nationality. " A personal union of Schleswig-Holstein with the kingdom would entail the loss of Schleswig and the fall of Denmark. It is, therefore, impossible that the Government should consent to such a solu tion. 4‘ A continued prolongation of the armistice is impossible, unless the basis of a satisfactory peace be proposed." THE BOMBAY MAILS. ALEXANDRIA, JUNE 11. The Ellora, with the Marseilles portion of the above mail, left here at 5 p.m. on the 9th inst. The Baroda, with the heavy portion of the same mail, left at 2 p.m. this dey. She may be expected at Southampton abed th e 23d inst. LITERATURE, Playing at Monks, Three Months in an English Monastery. A Per sonal Narrative. By Charles Walker. One vol., pp. 299. Murray and Co. The gravity with which this narrative is written throughout—very cleverly written by the way—is something excessively delightful. If not penned by Mr. - Walker literally in nubibus, it certainly reads for all the world as though, while writing it, the author of the book had been held (say by Od force, not to say by very odd force, after the manner of our tables and chairs a few years ago) in a somewhat analogous position to Mabomet's coffin. Either— he has gone too far ! Or—he has not gone far enough! His creed is seemingly neither the one thing nor the otLer. Hie book is very much of the same uncertain, indeterminate character. What we are here expected to sit down to and devour, is, in homely parlance, neither fish,• nor flesh, nor yet even good red herring. A Catholic monk in com munion with the See of Rome, we can all of us per fectly well comprehend. Bu:—a Protestant monk! The terms are irreconcileable. It is an incongruity of phrase, as jarring and discordant of its kind as Major Yelverton's answer to the priest who married him o❑ that memorable morning to Miss Theresa Longworth over in Ireland—his answer to the in quiry of Father Mooney 'What religion he was of, whether Protestant or Catholic," I am a Protestant- Catholic !" It distracts one's ideas. It sets one's teeth on edge, like a discord in music or afalse quan tity in a latin recitation. One thing or the other, we would say, both to Mr. Walker, the author of this book, and to Mr. Lyne, the hero of it—the latter better known not only to the reader of it, but pre viously through the newspapers to th© public at large as " Brother Ignatius." Here, in the book as its frontispiece, is the portrait, of Brother Ignatius— in full costume as Brother Ignatius, And looking at this picture, it is quite manifest in every line of it that—unlike the real monks—Brother Ignatius was very carefully posed by the photographer. The effect being —not unnaturally—as is also the case in regard to the effect of the written narrative celebrating the history of Brother Ignatius ---a regular " poser !" Looking at it—it fairly bewilders one. For here in this limning of a Protestant clergyman —a comely gentleman enough in himself evidently, but rather given to the fantastical in the way of mas querading —we behold the effigy not: of a Parson (so far as appearances go) hut of a genuine Monk : an embroidered stole upon the table by his side, a crucifix near it clasped in his left hand, in the grasp of his right a breviary, drooping from his shoulders a cowl, suspended from his girdle a Rosary ! A Rosary, it:will be remembered, having so manydecades of the eve ,aria—and therefore imply ing on the part of the wearer of it, devotions "rather" out of the way for a Protestant clergyman! However, the fact evidently is, judging from all we have ever heard of Mr. Lyne, alias Brother Ignatius, pre viously to the publication of Mr. Walker's book about him and his doings, and now very much more fully from the work itself—this enthusiastic Curate of St. Peter's, Plymouth, near neighbour of Miss Sellon, of the Protestant Conventual Establishment in that place—this Rev. Mr. Lyne, otherwise Brother Ignatius, has been all along bent upon striking out for himself also a via media between Protestantism and Catholicism ! And he has struck it out in so eccentric a manner that we doubt not, by both alike, he will be regarded as not in the least bit in the world orthodox. The English of it all is, as our heading to these remarks intimates, that Brother Ignatius and his companions are doing all this while nothing but simply Playing at Monks. Reading the record of it all as here jotted down, very gravely by Mr. Charles Walker, it as if we were spirited away to a strange kind of a whimsical, Clerical Arcadia. Only it is an Arcadia —where the people eat suet dumplings, and dearly love a comfortable gossip over a cup of tea. Proof positive as to which latter particulars may be found here in the following naive entry :—" Sundays, I must confess, were nut Coo mot pleasant days in Ciaydon. 'We missed the active bustling work of the other days and the hours seemed in consequence to dreg somewhat. The time betsveen the hours' was spent in reading—in the morning several chapters of the Old Testament; in the afternoon, any book we chose to select from our little stock. Vespers were said at half-past five, so we really had a quiet tea on Sundays; and as that meal was seaved in the parlour on all festivals, and conversation allowed, it was quite a social meal." As to the dumplings, cow suet, now sweet, the former, it appears, are devoured by the brethren on Tues days, Thursdays, and Saturdays, the latter (" hard," according to Mr. Walker's authority for it, and therefore we fear extremely indigestible) onWednes• days and Fridays—the Sunday meal being rendered palatable by the substitution of a nice pudding for either the hard or the suet. Claydon is the scene of Brother Ignatius and Co.'s monastic observances. And there it is they are at it perpetually day and night with Lands, Prime,Terc, Sext,Nones, Vespers, and Complin. Here is the first taste of the mid night discipline by one of the unsophisticated followers of Mr. Lyne, on originally coming to Clay don, ai,d there roused in the dead of night by the flare of a big waxcandle brought into the Novice's sleeping-room by one of the Brothers : "The light, reflecting on his face, over which the hood was drawn, and gave a peculiar look to his features, dis ordered as they were by an abrupt arousing from sleep ; and only half awake myself, I anticipated some sudden cause of alarm, the particulars of which the good Brother had come to communicate to me; and inquired, I fear in a very unmonastic tone, what was the matter ? I soon learnt that this was a summons to Nocturna, or the night office, which begins at 2 a.m., and lasts till between 3 and 4. The brothers sleep in their habits, and he whose turn it is to awaken the others goes round from bed to bed saying, Benedicamus _Domino (let us bless the Lord), and each brother, starting up, replies, Deo Gratias (thanks be to God). It was to this solemn greeting of the brother that I inadvertently replied in the manner I have mentioned. I was soon ready to accompany the brother, and in a few minutes a dozen strokes or so of the ball announced to such of the villagers as were awake that Nooturns were about to commence." Enough, however. Gravely though the book is written—it is quite impossible, we tyke ir, teat it should be read with a serious face either by Catholic cr by Protestant. Tne book is an eccentricity, as the career of the hero of it is an eccentricity. Both of them, probably, very well• intentioned—but stilit for all that, only to be looked at, from either side' trom the right hand or troni the left, under an aspect intensely ridiculous. artiste has announced his annu a l gran d &RDITI'S MORNING CONCERT.—Thi s talented and abi Friday, the 17th, at Her M a j es t y ' s ;.. morning concert for , quite worthy the occasion. Theatre, and he program: is Each of the three parts into ich the concert is divided contains the names of the most emi *tent musicians of the day both vocal and instrumental, and thus an array of talent is presented of an unu s u a l des cr iption. Th..' fi T t Y ar ,, will consist of selections from Rossini's " Stabat the solo parts being sustained by Madlles. Titiena, mans Sherrington, and Trebelli, and Signori Giughni, Gardoni, Junes, and Mr Santley. The second will embrace selections from "Robert le Diable," "F aust," and "Don Giovanni," with a great variety of musical gems of every description, one of the most pr ominent being Madame Arabella Goddard's pianaforte con certo in G Minor. Arditi's canto "La Garibaldina" is also to be performed, together with a new grand duo for Madame Goddard and Mr Car rodus. The third and concluding part will be the third act of Falstaff, with an incidental ballet. The above is a very brief outline of the entertainment, but the fare announced of Signor Arditi's concert will be quite suff ic i en t t o ensure a brilliant and crowded audience. In order that the whole of the performance may be satisfactorily given, the hour for the commencement of the concert has been ea for half. past , one. - DIVINE SERVICE IN COLLEGIATE SCHOOLs,—The Bishop of Oxford's bill, before the House of Loi'd° , proposes to give power to the Bishop to license one or more of the masters (being in priest's orders) of any collegiate school or college to perform Divine service, for the benefit of the scholars in any suitable room or building in or near the school, set apart for that purpose. But the license is not to include the offices of baptism, marriage, or burial. By "collegiate school or college" is to be understood a school incorporated by letters patent, or charter, or by Act of Parliament, for instruction in religious and useful learn ing in accordance with the doctrines of the Church of England. . . _ FEMALE SCHOOL OF ART.—The worshipful Com pany of Drapers has forwarded A donation of £2l o the building fund of the Fewale School of Arts, Que en ' s . quare, and E. Ackroyd, Esq., of the firm of Ackroyd and Son, of Halifax and the City of London, has also sent £5O de the earns object FRANCE. - - BOURSE, June 11.—The market continues dull, but without any material variation in prices, Threes being now at 67f. Mobilier has receded to 1,127 f. 50c. Railway Market heavy. The market closed as follows :- 41 per Cents. ..... 93 60 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 Credit Mobilier.... 1115 Do. end month 1117 50 Bank Shares 3400 Credit k °Tinier 1248 50 Roman 7l 75 Italian Loan 70 80 Do. end month 7O 25 Ditto Threes, 42 50 New Mexican Russian Austrian Spanish Threes ...... Rome Debt - Deferred . 45 50 RAILWAY , S. Cash. A ccount . Orleans 867 50 867 50 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean 867 50 .. 865 New ditto Southern ........ Western Eastern . ... Sardinian Austrian Low bard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona 652 50 .. 648 75 501 25 - - 463 75 .. 463 75 368 75 .. 367 50 402 50 ~ 405 - 632 50 .. 635 - 440 - .. 442 50 567 50 .. 670 - CHINA. We take the following summary of news from the China Overland Mail of the 29th of April : " We reported in our last issue that Colonel Gar don's forces had met with a reverse, owing no doubt to the Colonel not being able to be present in the field in consequence of a wound received at Kintang. We have now to state that Col. Gordon has recovered from his wound, and is again in the field. rie has been successful as usual. On the 11th inst. he attacked the rebels at a place called Waisoo, where they were strongly intrenched, and some what numerous. "The reports which have reached us state that the Taepings were rather severely cut up, the line of retreat being literally strewed with dead. Previous to the action the Taepings mustered over 15,000 strong, while the Imperialists were not more than 10,000. These rebels hating been dispersed and their return to garrison prevented, the Impe rialist troops next made a move upon Chang-chow foo, which city they are now besieging. The seven officers whom we reported as missing were found dead, and their bodies have been duly interred. " To all appearance the crushing of the Taeping rebellion is simply a work of time, and it has been affirmed that four months more will put an end to it. "Our dates from Pekin are to the 21st ult., when everything was moving quietly in the capital. "Front the Northern Ports we have no intelli gens of importance. "With regard to Shanghai and the Yang-tEze river, there is, fortunately, not much to narrate, rowdyism and foreign scoundrelism having bteu rather quiet of late. " The ports on the coast furnish no intelligence, and everything is qniat at Manilla and Canton." WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC RAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JllllB 12. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Seine, Captain Revett, with the above mails, has arrived. She brings 242 passengers, amongst whom is Senor Salayar y Mazarredo, Special Commissioner to Peru, and Minister of H.C.M. to Bolivia. The Seine has on freight, gold bullion £137,362; gold coin, £6,250 ;a silver bullion, £67,251; silver coin, £12,027 ; pearls, £B9O ; also the following cargo -162 serons cochineal, 14 serous indigo, 242 serons bark, 15 turtle, 9 packages hats, 162 bales indiarubber, 245 bags cocoa, 133 bales cotton, and 124 packages sundriee. Dates by this mail are—Honduras, May 16; Colon, 21; Jamaica, 24; Demerara, 23 ; Tobago, 22; Trinidad, 21; Barbadoes, 26; Grenada, 25; St. Vincent, 25; St. Lucia, 25; Martinique, 27 ; Antigua, 27; Monteerrat, 28; Sr. Kitt's, 28 ; and St. Thomas, 29. ,B I. ship Cameleon left Vancouver's Island the latter part of April for the Mexican coast, and thence for Panama, to relieve the Devastation. Her Majesty's ship Tribune, which left Panama on the 25th February, and sailed the whole passage, arrived at Esquimalt about the middle of April. Tne Sutlej was expected at Esquimalt, after a cruise round the Polynesian Islands. The blockade of Acapulco Mexican coast Con tinued. About 8,000 bales of cotton are said to be lying at Acapulco for shipment. the Salvador, from the Central American ports, arrived at Panama on the Bth. The Congress at Costa Rica opened its session on the Ist. In Hon duras General Alvarez had given in his adherence to the Government of Medina, and received full amnesty for his attempted rebellion. '` The barque Ysaleo, eight months from England, arrived at La Union April 30.. On the 26th she rendered assistance to the English barque Annie Powell, which had parted one chain and was Z.lrog ging towards the surf, and succeeded in towing her off. News from Buenaventura says the General Go vernment had acknowledged the existing Govern. went in the State of Antioquia. ANECDOTES OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON M.- With the future Emperor or France, when an exile in England, I h a d b een well acquainted.' He had been a constant subscriber to Her Majesty's Theatre, was a frequent guest at my h ouse, and had assisted at the afternoon fetes given by rue at my residence, The Chancellor's, at Fulham, where he had en t ere d heart and soul into the amusements of the hour. Frequenters of these champetres entertain ments may remember one occasion when Prince Louis Napoleon figured in the same quadrille with Taglioni, Cerito and Carlotta Grisi, having the director of Her Majesty's Theatre vis-a-vis. The Prince and I frequently dined in company at Gore House, the residence of the late Countess of Blessington, where all that was distinguished in literature and art was constantly assembled; and it may be worth recording, in connection with the Prince's known firm reli ance, on his d es ti ny that at one of these dinners, when Count d Orsay was expatiating on the evidences that had come before him of the popularity of the Prince (although, at that time, the law forbidding any member of the Bonaparte family to entet the country was still in force), the future Emperor oat silent with a significant smile upon his face, the meaning of which none could fail to interpret. O n another occasion, when I was alluding to the part played by General Cavaignac in June, 1848, in firing upon the people after the em eu t e h a d been quelled, the Prince drily, but in an earnest m anner, remarked, " That man is clearing the way for me."—Lumleys Reminiscences of the Opera. CLOCI.. WORK IN ENG LIND .—" As a sample of E n g lish clock work on a Large scale, the works of this are probably the finest fins hed that have ever been seen in this country —no chronometer could be fitted with more perfect and carefully I Benson adjusted mechanism."—Times, June 1862. J. W having erected s t eam power and improved . mach nery for clock making a t the manufactory, Ludgate -hi 11, be glad to furnish to clergymen,architects, and committees estimates and specific tions ofevery description of horolog,ical machine, especially cathedral and public clocks, chiming tunes on any number of bells. A descriptive pamphlet on church clocks post free for one stamp. Watch and clock maker by warrant of appointment to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, and maker of the great clock for the Exhibition. 1862. Manufactory, Lad- Zate-hill, t. London. 1749 dot 1 town; ( fil final 'Tar %Kw_ HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Saturdav The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Louise, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. The Prince and Princess of Leiningen and the Princess Alberta of Lainingen took leave of her Majesty this morning, and left the Castle. Princess Helena, attended by Lady Caroline Bar rington, the Hon. Harriet Phipps, and Lieut. Col. the Hon. D. De Roe, returned to the Castle this morning at, ten minutes 'More twelve. Princess Louis of Hesse, attended by Baroness Von Grancy, Dr. Becker, and Lieut. General Sir Henry Bentiock, returned at two o'clock. SUNDAY'. Her Majesty drove out yesterday afternoon, ac companied by her Royal Highness Princess Louis of Hesse, and attended by Lora Charles Fitzroy. Prince Louis of Hesse, attended by Captain Von Westerweller, arrived at the Castle last night frorn London. Prince Hermann of Solms, Prince Y s enburg Burdingen, a n d C oun t E r b ac b, accom panied b' Royal Highness, His Royal Highn e s s P r i nce Alf re d, a ttended bY Major Cowell a nd Li eu t enant H a i g, arr i ve d at the Castle shortly befor e one o ' c l oc k. The Queen, their Roy a l Hi g h nesses Princes ° Louis of Htsse, P r in ce Alf re d, P r i ncess Helen 3 '. Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, the Ladi es and Gentlemen in - Waiting, attended Divine ser vice this morning in the Private Chapel. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windso r officiated. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Prince Alfred and Prince Louis of Hesse, and attended by Lieut.-Colonel Keppel, Major Cowell, and Lieut. Haig, went to Chatham on Saturday morning t• witness the siege operations. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, an' companied by Princess Mary of Cambridge. d The prince and Princess o f W a l es , acco mpanie by Prince Alfred and Prince Adolphus of Meoklea; burg-Strelitz, w e nt t o th e I ta li an Opera, Con Garden, in the ev e nin g , a tt en d e d b y the Canute° of Morton and Lieut.-Colonel Keppel. The Prince and Princess of Wales, with Lady Morton and Lieut.-Colonel Keppel in Waiting, a t 4 tended Divine service at the Chapel R o yal, St' James's, yesterday morning. The Communion Service was read by the B ev the Subdean and the Rev. R. C. Packman. The Rev, the Subdean preached the sermon fr° lli St. Luke, ch. s., v. 41, 42. Anthem, "I have set God alway before Ine. "-- : Goidwin. Sung by Masters Collier and F. B r ' s ' towe, and by Messrs.R.Barnby, T.Foster,Mont e°l Smith, and Lewis Thomas. Mr. Goss presided on the organ. The Archbishop of Armagh, the Bishop ° f Oxford, Earl St. Germains, Viscount Sydnei° Marquis of Bath, Marquis of Camden, the Earl o f Morey, Earl Lucan, th e E ar l o f L ong f or d, Viscount Hardinge, Lord C a mpb e ll, L or d Vi v i an , an d Lord Llanover were present du r i ng th e service. Death of Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest. A vacancy is occasioned in the representation of the Northern Division of the county of Durham by the death of Lord Adslphus Vane Tempest. His lordship expired on Saturday between twelve and one o'clock. The late lord was the second son of the late Marquis of Londonderry, by his second wife, Frances Anne, daughter and heiress of Sir Harry Vane Tempest. He was born 2d July, 1825, and married in 1860 Lady Susan Pelham Clinton, the only daughter of the Duke of Newcastle, by whom he leaves an _ infant daughter, The deceased lord was educated at Eton, and having adopted the army as his future profession, he entered the Scots Fusilier Guards as ensign in April, 1813, became lieutenant and captain in &lay, 1849, and captain and lieu . tenant-colonel in December, 1854. He served with his regiment during the Eastern campaign, and received the medal and clasp for the siege and fall of Sebastopol. Soon alter his return home fro,a the East in August, 1859, ho retired from the service, his parliamentary avocations in terfering with his military duties. In June. 1852, he came forward as a candidate for the city of Durham, but was un• successful. However, in the December following he was placed at the head of the poll, but in June was unseated on petition to the House of Commons, a committee declaring him to have been not duly elected, A vacancy havint; arisen in 1854 in the representation of North Durham by his brother, Lord Seaham, becoming:a peer under the title of Earl Vane on the death of his father, the Mar' quis of Londonderry, .the late Lord Adolphus came for ward and was r e tu rne d, ow i ng no d ou b t to th e powerful family influence in the county. H e has held the se al ' , uninterruptedly ever since. Lord Adolphus supported the Earl of Derby's Government, having come forward on Conservative principles, and voted in favour of that states man's Reform Bill. He occasionally, like many othef members of the Hou se o f C ommons , suppor t e d Lord Pa l merston's Government, and on the memorable divisors on the Chinese war recorded his vote in favour of the G 0" went. By his death the families of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, the Earl and Countess of Portarlington , are placed in mourning. HER MAJESTY'S STATE BALL.—We are anth ° ' rised to state that her Majesty's ball, announced to take place on the 27th instant, has been postponed till the 29;h instant. Towards the latter end of next month her Majes t y will go to Osborne, and on the Ist of September the Que ue will again visit Balmoral.—Court Journal. Their Royal Highnesses the Prices and Princess of Wales have been pleased to signify their inters , tion to honou r th e gran d C a l e d on i an f anc y dress ball "' their presence this evening at WClis' Rooms, St. James's. Th e i r R oya l Hi g h nesses t h e D u ke of Ca; bridge, the Duche ss o f C am b r id ge , th e G ran d Duchess " Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Princess Mary of Camb riu t have been invit e d by th e l a di es patronesses, who number , v ladies connected with the n o bl e an d anc i en t fara il i es of Scotland. The ball this year is undatr the disting uished and immediate patronage of their R o y a l Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. His Roy al Highness the Duk e c , f Cambridge , es Field-Marshal Commanding in Chief, aml several mem bers of the staff at headquarters, leave town this morning to attend the "public day" at the Royal Military Academy e t Sandhurst. King-stre et, rn Thrir Royal Hightesses the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz honoured tiler on Saturday evening at the duches s ' s house Duchess (Emily) of Beaufort with their com i p n ait H y i s u t . d m i r n e n e e t. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Lard mud , Lad y Lon desborough, and a select party haa the hor ,our to meet their royal highnesses. THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF MEXICO,--* Their Imperial Majesties the Emperor an,d Empress eraoprori party A.ef:ue Barracouta, ir r , nh paying eed d n y to r were ttheeof Mexico arrived at Ja maica on the 20th in the Austrian wa r s teamer Novara, esco rted b y the Frenc h ste kmer The mis• ap a a visitcs consisted teo wharf,d conveyed l‘ o l v, y k b Her Majesty's s teamer Barracouta conveyed tle illustrious person a ges up the h G en eral Ashmore and to his Excellency the Li eute nant' thatGoverner,here tbe vessel t oo the back eat ifor Port the i ft fimperor and Empress—Madame la Cometesse licho, Grand m ai - tress() of the Imperatrico—Madame la Cometesse Colo' nich, .'lame d'honneur—and M. I. Velasquez de Loy, Mexican Oiniater of State. Their Imperial Majesties left Port Royal t6r, Vera Cruz on the 22d. Prince Pat;l Esterhazy re turned to town on Friday night from a short visit ho P aria. We are authorised to cont.ra , dtct the announce ment made by a conteoporery thAtt a " ma t r inionia l . alliance is arranged to take place h 3 tween Princ e Pan © Esterhazy and Lady Diana Beaucell :, daughter cf th Duchess of St. Albans." M. Joaquirn de la Quintana and Madame do 14 Quintana and family have arrived at the, Brunswick Ilotelo Jermyn-street, from Spain. The Count Richard do Fracom ta l and Al". ao Blezzy have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, JerWY° street, from Paris. General Comte and Comte', se Scheneteine an d famii l y have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for the Isle of Wight. Viscous !: and Vieconntees de Veni and II": week for Scotland - , to he present at t he marrfag Miss lies* , are e x pected to leave towneorly i . n thaeopfreLsoerncl Elphinstono and La dy Constance Murray. nd Ladi The marriage a Lord Elphinstone a __ Constance Murray, daut •hter of th e Countess of ..uti,n l " o and sister of the present ieer, is appointed to take Thursday next at Dunmot Park, near Falkir k. assn's Lord and Lady Mont. eag le have left the Q"' Hotel, Upper Norwood, for ~9o u rnemouth. el Lord F. G. 11.11yburton, INlirabeau, Paris, n his return. f rom Vichy. Lady Emma Talbot and c hildren haTe left tows for Dover. h as a rrived at thejullacoetv